US7764294B2 - Apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display by converting input image data into a plurality of image data and using two-frame inversion - Google Patents
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- a liquid crystal display includes two panels provided with field-generating electrodes, such as pixel and common electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween.
- An LCD displays images by applying voltages to the field-generating electrodes to generate an electric field in the liquid crystal layer which aligns the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer to control the polarization of incident light, thereby displaying images.
- An LCD realizes gray scale by adjusting the voltages between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. Generally, the gray scale ranges from the first gray representing the darkest state to the sixty-fourth gray representing the brightest state.
- a vertically-aligned (VA) mode LCD in which longitudinal axes of liquid crystal molecules are aligned perpendicular to the two panels in the absence of an electric field, can produce a relatively high contrast ratio and a relatively wide viewing angle.
- the contrast ratio can be defined as the luminance of the sixty-fourth gray divided by that of the first gray.
- the liquid crystal molecules When an electric field is applied, the liquid crystal molecules are tilted with respect to an axis normal to the panels at angles dependent on the strength of the electric field, so that polarization of light passing through the liquid crystal layer can be changed.
- the larger the tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules the larger the amount of change in polarization.
- the wide viewing angle of the VA mode LCD may be realized by openings (cutouts) or protrusions on the field-generating electrodes. As the tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules is determined by the openings or the protrusions, the tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules can be increased, thereby widening the viewing angle.
- the contrast ratio of a VA mode LCD may be poor when viewed from its lateral sides, as compared to when viewed from the front of the display.
- the luminance is enhanced toward the display's lateral sides.
- the luminance difference between high grays vanishes such that the image can not be perceived.
- the light transmittance of the two sub-pixels it is difficult to precisely control the light transmittance of the two sub-pixels. For example, as the light transmittance is differentiated for respective colors, the proper voltage distribution cannot be separately made for the respective colors. Furthermore, the aperture ratio may be deteriorated due to the addition of a conductor for the capacitance combination and the pixel division into the two sub-pixels, and the light transmittance may be decreased as a voltage drop is caused due to the capacitance combination.
- an apparatus for driving a display device having a plurality of pixels includes a signal controller for selecting one data from a plurality of image data corresponding to the input image data and converting the selected data into output image data, and a data driver for converting the output image data from the signal controller into data voltages and applying the data voltages to the pixels.
- the mean value of front gammas of the plurality of image data corresponds to the front gamma with respect to the input image data.
- the plurality of image data may be alternately applied to the respective pixels.
- the polarities of the data voltages applied to the plurality of pixels may be based on a two-frame inversion.
- the plurality of image data may include first and second image data, and the first image data have gray values higher than the gray values of the input image data, and the second image data have gray values lower than the gray values of the input image data.
- the signal controller may further include a color correction unit for correcting the input image data such that the color temperature thereof has a predetermined characteristic depending upon the increase or decrease in the gray level.
- an apparatus for driving a display device having a plurality of pixels includes a signal controller for converting input image data into output image data and outputting the output image data; a gray voltage generator having a first gray voltage generating member for generating a plurality of first gray voltages and a second gray voltage generating member for generating a plurality of second gray voltages; and a data driver for selecting one of the first or second gray voltage generating members based on the output image data from the signal controller, and for converting the respective gray voltages into data voltages and applying the converted voltages to the pixels.
- the mean value of front gammas of the image data corresponding to the first and second gray voltages corresponds to the front gamma with respect to the input image data.
- the first and second gray voltages may be alternately applied to the respective pixel rows.
- the first and second gray voltages may be alternately applied to predetermined pixels per frame.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a pixel of an LCD according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a graph of gamma curves before and after image data are corrected with an LCD having the signal controller shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating output image data corresponding to the input image data applied to an image data correction unit of a signal controller during the two neighboring frames according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A to 6D are diagrams illustrating inversion patterns of output image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 7A to 7D are diagrams illustrating output patterns of output image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an LCD according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a pixel of an LCD according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- an LCD includes a liquid crystal panel assembly 300 , gate and data drivers 400 and 500 connected to the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 , a gray voltage generator 800 connected to the data driver 500 , and a signal controller 600 for controlling them.
- the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 includes a plurality of display signal lines G 1 -Gn and D 1 -Dm, and a plurality of pixels connected to those lines and arranged generally in matrix form.
- the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 includes lower and upper panels 100 and 200 , and a liquid crystal layer 3 interposed between the panels.
- the switching elements Q at the respective pixels may be formed with thin film transistors provided at the lower panel 100 .
- the thin film transistors comprise a control terminal connected to one of the gate lines G 1 -Gn, an input terminal connected to one of the data lines D 1 -Dm, and an output terminal connected to the liquid crystal capacitor C LC and the storage capacitor C ST .
- the liquid crystal capacitor C LC includes a pixel electrode 190 of the lower panel 100 and a common electrode 270 of the upper panel 200 , and the liquid crystal layer 3 interdisposed between the two electrodes 190 and 270 as a dielectric.
- the pixel electrode 190 is connected to the switching element Q.
- the common electrode 270 may be formed on the entire surface of the upper panel 200 to receive a common voltage Vcom. Although not shown as such in FIG. 2 , the common electrode 270 may be provided on the lower panel 100 , and at least one of the pixel electrode 190 or the common electrode 270 may be formed in the shape of a line or a bar.
- the storage capacitor C ST subsidiary to the liquid crystal capacitor C LC may be formed by overlapping the pixel electrode 190 with a separate signal line (not shown) provided on the lower panel 100 while interposing an insulator therebetween.
- a predetermined voltage such as the common voltage Vcom is applied to the separate signal line.
- the storage capacitor C ST may be formed by overlapping the pixel electrode 190 with the just overlying previous gate line while interposing an insulator therebetween.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of the time division where each pixel has a color filter 230 producing one of the primary colors at the region of the upper panel 200 .
- the color filter 230 may be formed above or below the pixel electrode 190 of the lower panel 100 .
- a polarizer (not shown) may be connected to at least one of the two panels 100 and 200 of the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 .
- the gray voltage generator 800 generates a plurality of gray voltages related to the light transmittance of the pixels. For example, the gray voltage generator 800 generates a first set of gray voltages having a positive polarity with respect to the common voltage Vcom, and a second set of gray voltages having a negative polarity with respect thereto.
- the gate driver 400 is connected to the gate lines G 1 -Gn of the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 to apply gate signals to the gate lines G 1 -Gn based on a combination of a gate on voltage Von and a gate off voltage Voff.
- the gate driver 400 may be formed with a plurality of integrated circuits.
- the gate driver 400 or the data driver 500 may be directly mounted on the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 in the form of a plurality of driving integrated circuit chips, or may be attached to the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 in the form of a tape carrier package TCP and may be mounted on a flexible printed circuit film (not shown). Alternatively, the gate driver 400 or the data driver 500 may be integrated on the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 together with the signals lines G 1 -Gn and D 1 -Dm and thin film transistor switching elements Q.
- the signal controller 600 receives input image signals R, G, and B and input control signals for controlling those image signals from an external graphics controller (not shown).
- the input control signals include vertical synchronization signals Vsync, horizontal synchronization signals Hsync, main clock signals MCLK, and data enable signals DE.
- the signal controller 600 processes the input image signals R, G, and B based on the input image signals R, G, and B and the input control signals depending upon the operation conditions of the liquid crystal panel assembly 300 .
- the signal controller 600 generates gate control signals CONT 1 and data control signals CONT 2 , and transmits the gate control signals CONT 1 to the gate driver 400 and transmits the data control signal CONT 2 and the processed image data DAT to the data driver 500 .
- the data processing of the signal controller 600 involves the outputting of output image data having different gray values as the image data DAT for the neighboring pixels, based on the input gray values of the input image data R, G, and B having a predetermined frequency.
- the operation of the signal controller 600 will be explained later in this disclosure.
- the data control signals CONT 2 include horizontal synchronization start signals STH for informing of the data transmission to the pixels of one pixel row, load signals LOAD for applying the relevant data voltages to the data lines D 1 -Dm, and data clock signals HCLK.
- the data control signals CONT 2 further include reverse signals RVS for inverting the polarity of the data voltage with respect to the common voltage Vcom (hereinafter, referred to as the polarity 6 f the data voltage).
- the gate driver 400 sequentially applies the gate on voltage Von to the gate lines G 1 -Gn in accordance with the gate control signals CONT 1 from the signal controller 600 , and the switching elements Q connected to the gate lines G 1 -Gn turn on so that the data voltages applied to the data lines D 1 -Dm are applied to the respective pixels through the turned-on switching elements Q.
- the difference between the data voltage applied to the pixel and the common voltage Vcom is represented by the charge voltage of the liquid crystal capacitor C LC , that is, by the pixel voltage.
- the liquid crystal molecules are re-oriented depending upon the dimension of the pixel voltage, and the light passing through the liquid crystal layer 3 is varied in polarization.
- the polarization variation is represented by the variation in light transmittance due to polarizers (not shown) attached to the panels 100 and 200 , and the pixel luminance is determined.
- the data driver 500 and the gate driver 400 repeat the same operation while taking one horizontal cycle or 1H (a cycle of the horizontal synchronization signal Hsync and the gate clock CPV) as a unit.
- the gate on voltage Von is sequentially applied to all the gate lines G 1 -Gn during one frame, thereby applying the data voltages to all the pixels.
- the reverse signals RVS applied to the data driver 500 are controlled such that the polarity of the data voltages applied to the respective pixels is inverted for predetermined frames (the frame inversion).
- FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating gamma curves before and after image data are corrected with an LCD having the signal controller shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIGS. 4A to 4D are diagrams showing output and inversion patterns of output image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate output image data corresponding to the input image data applied to an image data correction unit of a signal controller during the two neighboring frames according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A to 6D are diagrams showing inversion patterns of output image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 may be formed with a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, or a look-up table. It is to be understood that the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 may be formed with various kinds of memory elements.
- the signal processor 611 of the signal controller 600 converts the respective input image data R, G, and B applied thereto into output image data a and b that is stored at the first or second data storage members 613 and 614 of the data storage unit 612 , and outputs them.
- the input image data R, G, and B each having the relevant input gray values are converted into a plurality of output image data, for example two output image data a and b having different output gray values.
- the data conversion is performed considering the contrast ratio and other factors, and an example thereof will be explained with reference to FIG. 3 .
- the mean value of the front gamma curves T 1 and T 2 represented by the two output image data a and b is established to correspond to the front gamma curve Ti with respect to the input image data R, G, and B before the correction.
- the mean value of the lateral side gamma curves represented by the two output image data a and b is most similar to the gamma curve Ti with respect to the input image data before the correction. In this case, the lateral side contrast ratio is enhanced.
- a pair of output grays may comprise a lower gray lower than the input gray level and an upper gray level higher than the input gray level.
- the lower output image data a with the lower gray level are stored at the first data storage member 613
- the upper output image data b with the upper gray level are stored at the storage portion 614 .
- the upper output image data b may be stored at the first data storage member 613
- the lower output image data a may be stored at the second data storage member 614 .
- the lower and upper output image data a and b with respect to the respective input grays are stored at the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 , respectively.
- the signal processor 611 selects one of the output image data stored at the first or second data storage members 613 and 614 based on the input grays of the input image data R, G, and B, and outputs the selected data as image data DAT.
- the first or second data storage member 613 or 614 is selected based on the frame number or the pixel row number, and the relevant output image data a and b are alternately output for the respective pixels.
- the output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the first pixel
- the output image data b stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the next pixel horizontally neighboring thereto.
- the output image data b stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the first pixel
- the output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the next pixel horizontally neighboring thereto.
- the application order of the lower and the upper output image data a and b is repeated for the two pixel rows.
- the lower and upper output image data a and b stored at the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 are alternately applied, but with the even-numbered pixel rows, the upper and the lower output image data b and a stored at the second and first data storage members 614 and 613 are alternately applied.
- the data application order is converted per the respective frames. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 4B , with the odd-numbered pixel rows at the second frame, the upper and the lower output image data b and a stored at the second and the first data storage members 614 and 613 are alternately applied, but with the even-numbered pixel rows, the lower and the upper output image data a and b stored at the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 are alternately applied.
- the output image data corresponding to the pixels at the neighboring frames become the output image data stored at the different data storage members 613 and 614 , and the output image data corresponding to the neighboring pixels even at the same frame become the output image data stored at the different data storage members 613 and 614 .
- the application order of the output image data is not limited thereto. That is, with the first pixel row at the first frame, the upper output image data b stored at the second data storage member 614 may be applied to the first pixel, instead of the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 .
- the polarities of the data voltages shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D involve a 1 ⁇ 1 dot inversion pattern. Furthermore, as the mean value of the pixel voltages is not biased to either the “+” polarity or the “ ⁇ ” polarity only if the polarities of the data voltages corresponding to the two neighboring upper output image data are inverted and the polarities of the data voltages corresponding to the two neighboring lower output image data are inverted, the frame inversion has a two-frame inversion pattern. For example, the image data pattern and the polarity pattern shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D are repeated for four frames.
- the polarities of the data voltages shown in FIGS. 6A to 6 b involve a (1 ⁇ 2)-dot inversion pattern and a two-frame inversion pattern.
- the image data pattern and the polarity pattern shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D are repeated for four frames.
- the polarity inversion is not limited to such a pattern, but may be another pattern of the dot inversion. It is to be understood that inversion patterns other than the dot inversion, for example, various patterns of row inversion or column inversion, should also be suitable for implementing the present invention.
- FIGS. 7A to 7D are diagrams showing output patterns of output image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the lower and the upper output image data a and b stored at the same data storage member 613 and 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the pixels horizontally neighboring each other.
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows at the first frame
- the upper output image data b stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the data output pattern is varied for the respective frames.
- the upper output image data b with the upper output gray stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows
- the upper output image data b with the upper output gray stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the upper output image data b with the upper output gray stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the output pattern of the output image data is not limited thereto, but the output image data may alternatively be applied to the relevant pixels.
- the upper output image data b with the upper output gray stored at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the lower output image data a stored at the first data storage member 613 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the odd-numbered pixel rows
- the upper output image data b with the upper output gray memorized at the second data storage member 614 are selected as the output image data corresponding to the even-numbered pixel rows.
- the input gray value is converted into two output gray values, and the output image data with the lower and upper gray values that are stored at the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 are used as the output image data.
- the output image data with the lower and upper gray values that are stored at the first and second data storage members 613 and 614 are used as the output image data.
- various configurations are suitable for implementing the present invention.
- a gray voltage generator includes a first gray voltage generating member for generating two sets of gray voltages corresponding to the output image data with the lower gray value, and a second gray voltage generating member for generating two sets of gray voltages corresponding to the output image data with the upper gray value.
- the first gray voltage generating member may generate gray voltages corresponding to the output image data with the upper gray value
- the second gray voltage generating member may generate gray voltages corresponding to the output image data with the lower gray value.
- the data driver 500 selects the respective gray voltages among a plurality of gray voltages from the first gray voltage generating member and transmits them to the data lines D 1 -Dm as the data voltages when the pixel row is odd-numbered based on the orders of pixel rows.
- the data driver 500 selects the relevant gray voltages from among a plurality of gray voltages from the second gray voltage generating member and transmits them to the data lines D 1 -Dm as the data voltages.
- the structure of the LCD for conducting the operation is the same as that shown in FIG. 1 except for the signal controller 600 and the gray voltage generator 800 , and, hence, a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted in the interests of clarity.
- the polarities of the data voltages involve a (1 ⁇ 1)-dot inversion pattern and a two-frame inversion pattern.
- the dot inversion is not limited to such a pattern, but may be another pattern of the dot inversion. It is to be understood that inversion patterns other than the dot inversion, for example, various patterns of row or column inversion should also be suitable for implementing the present invention.
- the input image data having an input gray value are converted into two lower and upper output image data having lower and upper output gray values, and are applied to the pixels for the respective frames.
- the input gray value is converted into a pair of lower and upper output gray values forming gamma curves similar to the front gamma curve based on the temporal mean light transmittance and attributed to the pixel, the deterioration in the display image quality due to the difference in contrast ratio between the front of the display and the its lateral sides may be reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a signal controller of an LCD according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the LCD of FIG. 8 has the same structure as the LCD shown in FIG. 1 except for a signal controller 600 ′, and, hence, only the structure of the signal controller 600 ′ will be explained in the interests of clarity.
- the signal controller 600 ′ includes a color correction unit 620 , an image data correction unit 610 connected to the color correction unit 620 , a frame memory 640 connected to the image data correction unit 610 , and a dynamic capacitance compensation unit (DCC) 630 connected to the image data correction unit 610 and the frame memory 640 .
- DCC dynamic capacitance compensation unit
- the structure of the image data correction unit 610 of the signal controller 600 ′ is the same as that of the image data correction unit 610 , and, hence, a detailed explanation thereof is omitted in the interests of clarity and simplicity.
- the color correction unit 620 of the signal controller 600 ′ corrects the input image signals R, G, and B from the outside such that the color temperature thereof has a predetermined characteristic depending upon the increase or decrease in the gray level, and transmits the corrected image signals to the image data correction unit 610 .
- the image data correction unit 610 selects one of the output image data with a lower gray value and the output image data with an upper gray value based on the corrected input image signals R, G, and B, and applies the selected data to the DCC unit 630 and the frame memory 640 .
- the DCC unit 630 corrects the current output image data depending upon the magnitude of the difference between the current output image data from the image data correction unit 610 and the previous output image data stored at the frame memory 640 .
- the image data that are greater than the current output image data by a predetermined value, being the last output image data are transmitted to the data driver 500 as data signals DAT′.
- the image data that are smaller than the current output image data by a predetermined value, being the last output image data are transmitted to the data driver 500 as the data signals DAT′.
- the current output image data are the same as the previous output image data
- the current output image data being the last output image data
- the current output image data are different from the previous output image data
- the current output image data are increased or decreased so that the pixels quickly approximate the target luminance, and the deterioration in the display image quality due to the delay in response time of the liquid crystal is reduced.
- the color correction unit 620 corrects the input image data R, G, and B such that the color temperature thereof has a predetermined characteristic, the display image quality of the LCD may be enhanced.
- the input gray value is converted into a pair of lower and upper output gray values forming gamma curves similar to the front gamma curve based on the temporal mean light transmittance, and the converted gray values are alternately attributed to the pixels for the respective frames, so the deterioration in the display image quality due to the difference in contrast ratio between the front of the display and its lateral sides is reduced.
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